Alienware 15

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 37%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics43.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 15  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateOct 02 '19 at 20:44
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU 17%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4710HQ
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76.1% Very good
Memory 83.1
1-Core 99.5
2-Core 182
71% 122 Pts
4-Core 374
8-Core 532
57% 453 Pts
64-Core 524
32% 524 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M
Dell(1028 0685) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3648
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
43.4% Average
Lighting 53.9
Reflection 52
Parallax 46.3
44% 50.8 fps
MRender 59.1
Gravity 48.4
Splatting 49
42% 52.2 fps
Poor: 29%
This bench: 43.4%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 M.2 2280 128GB
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT25D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 124 127 103 97 92 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
67% Good
Read 453
Write 142
Mixed 158
SusWrite 113
47% 217 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 63.2
4K Mixed 22.1
103% 37.5 MB/s
DQ Read 361
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 67
98% 191 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 67%
Great: 74%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47
916GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 105 107 108 106 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
57.9% Above average
Read 95.9
Write 96
Mixed 54.8
SusWrite 106
65% 88.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 57.9%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KN2M64-ETB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
57.2% Above average
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 20.9
MC Mixed 17.1
56% 19.7 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 19.3
SC Mixed 20.3
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 75.1
53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 57.2%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 55%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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System: Alienware 15

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